If someone has dull eyes, it is a sign of trouble for them. However, those whose eyes shine have overcome the night. It is as if bright day sits in their heart. The great novel about the suffering of the Armenian people. For this renowned work on the genocide of the Armenians in 1915, Edgar Hilsenrath received the following awards: Alfred Döblin Prize (1989), Lion Feuchtwanger Prize (2004), Prize of the President of the Republic of Armenia (2006), Honorary Doctorate from Yerevan State University (2006). "No one can hear you, Thovma Khatisian," said the storyteller, "for your speech is silent. But I have heard you." "Did you also hear his scream - the scream of the Turkish Prime Minister - as he fell into the abyss?" "I heard that too." "I met the Turkish Prime Minister once again," I said to the storyteller.